The challenges faced by small businesses in accessing finance have been well documented. And now the focus has switched to the alternatives to bank credit – such as crowdfunding, asset finance and invoice...

When former professional cyclist Matt Rump, then unemployed, decided to repair some old bicycles rusting at the bottom of his garden and sell them for spare parts on eBay, it was the first step towards...

Nick Clegg has spoken this week of the need to extend the Funding for Lending scheme and "put it on steroids". George Osborne, Vince Cable and the Bank of England are also desperate to get the scheme...

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